zero bytes folder after permissions change

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zero bytes folder after permissions change

I have a bit of a long story relating to itunes. I won't go into the gory details, however during the process of reinstalling my itunes folders after making a mistake whilst moving my itunes library to an external hdd, I wanted to change the permissions on the music folder to read/write. I tried to do this through pathfinder. The result now is I have a folder that reads 0 bytes (7files) and I cannot access it. Whay did this happen and how can I get back to seeing all of my files.

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Posted on Jan 20, 2012 4:37 AM

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Linc Davis

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Jan 20, 2012 5:14 AM in response to jazzman48

Select the folder in the Finder and open the Info window. Do you have read & write access in the Sharing & Permissions section of the window? If not, click the lock icon to authenticate and make it so. Then select "Apply to enclosed items" from the action (gear icon) menu in the same window.

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Jan 20, 2012 7:07 AM in response to Linc Davis

Hey Linc

Thansk for this, your reply was very helpful. I was able to add myself to the permissions list, for some reason until I obtained ownership rights it would not allow me more than read rights. This changed to read/write once i had ownership. I also ensured that the everyone group had read/write. There is a 'system' user. I have a couple of questions.

1. Why did i need ownership to gain read/write ?

2. Who is this system user ?

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Linc Davis

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Jan 20, 2012 7:13 AM in response to jazzman48

1: You don't necessarily have to be the owner of a file to be able to read or write to it.

2: The built-in root user.

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